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Show SLAVE 0F2 PRESIDENTS 'NEW YORK. May 25. "Mammy Bates," formerly slave and servant In the families of Presidents John Adams and James Monroe, was burled yesterday yester-day from the Lincoln hospital In this city. She would have been 104 years old September let. On Friday afternoon, after sewing, she went to the dormitory for a nap. "I'll take a little sleep," she said to one of the inmates. "Be sure and wake me up when the supper bell rings." When the bell sounded an attempt was made to arouse her, but she was dead. Her full name was Eva Bates. She was born in Flushing, L. L, as a slave of slave parents. |